Supreme Court dismissed cassation; termination under export regulation does not exclude severance pay rights.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by an employer against a lower court's award of severance pay to a terminated employee. The facts show the employer terminated a fixed-term contract due to organizational changes and cost-cutting measures on an export construction site in Turkey. The court ruled that while the termination followed specific export regulations, these provisions do not exclude the statutory right to severance pay under the general labor law. Consequently, the court held that the lower court correctly applied the law by granting the severance despite the specific termination clause.
Legislator headnote
AI generated§ 6 ust. 1 rozporządzenia Rady Ministrów z dnia 27 grudnia 1974 r. w sprawie niektórych praw i obowiązków pracowników skierowanych do pracy za granicą; art. 8 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 28 grudnia 1989 r. o szczególnych zasadach rozwiązywania z pracownikami stosunków pracy: Termination of a fixed-term employment contract pursuant to specific export regulations does not exclude the employee's right to severance pay under general labor law provisions.